Thread: Vivid recall last night

I have always had quite a bit of trouble recalling my dreams and last night I had three extremely long, vivid dreams which I was able to recall in complete detail and note them down. For some reason my scribblings are always messier than normal when I'm writing down a dream, so I hope I am able to read them to type them up when I get home.

I planned to go to bed a little earlier than normal but actually ended up being a little late. I made a point of completely relaxing before sleeping using the 61point technique. My alarm was set for 4am and I awoke at 3:58am, glanced at the clock, and instantly recalled the dream I had. At this point I attempted WILD after fully relaxing again but ended up being fully awake 45minutes later.

I rolled over and went to sleep. The second dream kind of continued on from the first, and I was able to remember everything. It was the most vivid dream I've had. It wasn't anything particularly spectacular, but the fact that I can could recall it in perfect detail amazes me. Again, I awoke a few minutes before my alarm was due. By this point I was quite excited at my successes in dream recall, nevermind failing to become lucid.

My third dream actually had a start, middle and end, as if it was a movie. As soon as the dream ended, I awoke and remembered every detail. This was a fascinating dream, almost like a glimpse into a possible post-apocalyptic future. I'm going to post it tonight because I think it was quite surreal.

Despite these dreams ranging from a bit odd to completely bizarre and impossible, I still didn't become lucid. I'm going to go back to doing reality checks at set times and on set events through the day, rather than when something seems odd - since I feel I'm hardly doing any at all any more.

I can't wait to get home and type up my notes. I must have 4-5 pages of an A5 notebook sitting by my pillow. I've never written so much down after a dream, but didn't want to forget anything. I've gone home to my scribblings before only to see two or three "keywords" in the middle of a page, which are completely meaningless to me. It's often like someone else wrote it.